Burg Comics Con 2011

The 2nd annual Burg Comics Con will take place on Saturday August 27, 2011 from 10 AM to 4 PM on the Southeastern Illinois College campus in Harrisburg, IL. Please start passing the word along to your friends and encourage them to become a fan of our page on Facebook to keep up […]

Cape Comic Con – June 24-26, 2011

The Cape Comic Con will be June 24th to June 26 in Cape Girardeau, MO. Full details are available on their website. Featured guests this year include:

Billy Tucci – creator of Shi William Katt – actor on Greatest American Hero Jeremy Haun – Marvel/DC/Top Cow artist

Burg Comics will be present with over 7000 […]

Metropolis Super Con–March 5 & 6, 2011

Details available at http://comiccitytn.com/Metropolis_Super_Con.html

March 5&6 Metropolis Community Center 900 W. 10 St. Sat 10-6 and Sun 11-4 Admission $5

ARI LEHMAN(JASON FRIDAY THE 13 PART 1)

Comic Guest:JACOB ROUGEMONT(WRITER MARVEL HANDBOOK)

JAY LEISTEN(X-MEN AND WONDER WOMAN)

JACKSON BOSTWICK(TRON AND SHAZAM, BLOODY MARY LITE)

STEPHEN ZIMMER AND BOBBY NASH

SHOWTIME ERIC YOUNG FROM […]

Burg Comics Con – August 28, 2010

The first Burg Comics Con will take place on Saturday August 28th, 2010.  The con will be held in the Conference Center at Southeastern Illinois College from 10 AM until 4 PM.  Items for sale at the con will include:

Over 6000 comic books from Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse and other independents priced […]

Superman Celebration – Carmine Infantino

Why is it that the Superman Celebration in Metropolis, IL always sneaks up on me?  It started today, June 10, 2010 and runs until Sunday.  The highlight to me is the appearance of Carmine Infantino.  He is probably best known for the creation of the modern Flash in DC Showcase #4.  He was apparently also […]

Heroes Convention, Charlotte NC

I was able to attend Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC on Friday June 4, 2010.  Talk about an amazing event.  Heroes Con may be the best pure comic book convention in the country.  I was listening to the Comics Geek Speak podcast and heard an advertisement for it.  The family and I went to vacation […]

Free Comic Book Day

Don’t forget that Saturday May 1st, 2010 is Free Comic Book Day.  According to the store locator, Castle Perilous in Carbondale, IL is participating.  I plan on swinging by there and also Campus Comics (aka World’s Finest Comics).  If I get motivated, I may also drive to Cape Girardeau, MO to the Cape Comic Con.  […]

Cool Con Story

I attended the Metropolis Comic Convention on March 6th & 7th, 2010.  I had a great time, though there were not as many people who attended as I would have liked to have seen.  I will mention an artist, Terry Huddleston, extremely cool and very funny guy.  During some of the con’s slow points, which […]

Metropolis, IL Comic Convention

I will be attending the Metropolis Comic Convention as a dealer March 6th and 7th. I am looking forward to it.